much new material, but there is a little that is worthy of note here. In particular, he has now slightly altered his characterization of the Samaritan reception, recorded in Acts 8:4–24. In his 1970 book, as noted earlier in this chapter, he regarded Philip’s ministry as ineffective: when the apostles Peter and John arrived from Jerusalem, they found credulous attenders to Philip and his miracles, not believing disciples of Jesus. In 1979, replying to one of his critics, Dunn did have to acknowledge